Roco Pasta

Merkel returned to Roco Pasta to see if it was still good value. This stall in the Myer Centre food court is still the cheapest for reasonable tasting hot chocolate. $2.40 gets you a proper ceramic cup and chocolaty drink with a forth and liberal sprinkle of chocolate on top. Only plastic spoons are available but this is a minor inconvenience.

ChurrOZ

Merkel and Myrtle attended an evening with Earl Okin at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in the Banquet Room of the Festival Centre. Earl is a talented multi-instrumentalist with a great sense of humour. This was an entertaining evening.

Merkel was on the lookout of hot chocolate treats before the show and discovered that coffees and hot chocolates are not served in the piano bar at busy times. Instead he ventured out to the Festival Centre courtyard where a number of mobile food dispensaries were accumulated. Churros in hot dipping sauce is a treat that Merkel has reviewed for the now defunct XO supper club and a temporarily established outlet of Sparrow Kitchen & Bar. These were on sale at the ChurrOZ trailer.

Unfortunately the ChurrOZ experience was not up to the standard of the other two. The sauce is not a dipping sauce; instead the sauce is dribbled over the top. All the tastes are still there. The warm churros were light and sweet and the chocolate flavour works well but Merkel prefers more chocolate and bigger churros. This cost was $4.50.

Tusmore Bakery & Café

The Tusmore Bakery & Café prides itself on the pies it makes. On the front window it proclaims that is the winner of the silver medal for the competition for the great Australian meat pie. The shop is on 462 Greenhill Rd, Linden Park, sandwiched between a chicken shop and car wash. It has three tables inside.

The hot chocolate is $3.20 and comes in a Liberty Caffe coffee cup. Unfortunately these cups have handles that are too small to engage your reviewer's fat fingers. The froth was creamy and tasty but unfortunately the rest of the drink had very little chocolate flavour.

Café Astros

According to Wikipedia Astros is a Greek city in the Argolic Gulf. It is served by the port Paralio Astros which has a photograph hanging on the the wall of Café Astros. This Café is a lunch and dinner restaurant serving traditional Greek food on the corner of Angas Road and Sussex Terrace in Hawthorn.

The hot chocolate was very decorative topped with a white froth and a syrup spider web pattern on top. It was served in a glass with a handle and a white and pink marshmallow were provided in the saucer. This was one of the best presented hot chocolates your reviewer has seen. The drink was advertised as a Swiss hot chocolate but the chocolate was not rich enough to detect that Swiss chocolate flavour. The hot chocolate cost only $3.20.

Konditorei Coffee Lounge

Merkel and Myrtle visited Stirling in the Adelaide Hills for breakfast one morning. Konditorei is set back from the road in the main shopping area at 39 Mount Barker Road. It is in a brown brick building and had a log fire burning in the corner. There is plenty of seating inside and in the arcade area. Konditorei is the German word for confectionery shop. The Café sells some good looking desserts and a range of meals.

The hot chocolate was served in a glass with a metal handle and was topped with a tasty froth and a sprinkle of chocolate powder. The extras included two marshmallows and a teddy bear biscuit with chocolate coating. The hot chocolate was not particularly rich but had a pleasant flavour and cost $4.20.

Michel's Patisserie, Adelaide Central Plaza

Merkel tried his third outlet of Michel's Patisserie in the food court of Adelaide Central Plaza. The beverage prices are listed as $3.30, $3.60 and $4.30 for coffees but 30 cents extra for hot chocolates. This seems a travesty of justice. The hot chocolate comes in a Michel's branded coffee cup with a tasty froth and a liberal sprinkle of chocolate powder on top. The drink was rich and not too sweet.

SB's

It was a cold and wet day so Merkel and Myrtle headed for somewhere fairly shelter for a quick lunch. They found themselves in the crowded food court of City Cross Arcade where Merkel had tried hot chocolates from Coffee & Cream and Daily Bread. One stall Merkel had not tried before was SB's. This was at the West side of the food hall, probably stall number 15. SB's had large range of sandwiches and wraps and a number of people behind the counter busy making them fresh to order.

The hot chocolate was available for $3.40 and $4.00. For $3.40 Merkel received a ceramic mug and saucer with a plastic spoon. It was topped with a tasty froth and a sprinkle of chocolate powder on top. This was possibly sweetened with cinnamon. The drink was sweeter than usual but creamy and chocolaty.